Family PoaceaeGraphephorum melicoides (Michx.) P. Beauv.melic-oats, purple false oatsGraphephorum: possibly from grapheiron for "pencil, stylus, or paint brush"; and phorus for "bearing, carrying" - referring to hairy appendage formed by the extension of the rachilla of the spikeletmelicoideum: from Latin Melica for "sweetness, honey, or pleasantness"; oideum, a Greek suffix